In mid 2009 I paid £80 for a rear parking sensor (I know, I know, should have gone to fleabay). Six weeks later another failed, so another £80 :'(

Now I've got another failure and the same stealer has just quoted me £120!

Enough is enough. 120 of my hard-earned taxed income in exchange for, supply only, one OEM sensor must be a record surely.

Anyone had a higher price?

- and they didn't have any in stock - of course

Edited 13 February, 201115 yr by sidewaze samm

Considering that I have a sensor gone and if I replace it then the others will be on borrowed time, I'm unlikely to bother fixing mine, I think.

My advice is to take stock sensor wiring out completely, and put in the sub-£25 per complete parking sensor kit variety that you can find in dozens of online shops and on Ebay.

You can keep stock buzzer (under rear parcel shelf), and you can find sensors that are black and match the bumper holes perfectly (22mm I think but could be 21). And if you are worried about sensor or control box failing, get 2 sets right away, it'll cost you under £50 and you will have a spare control box, buzzer and 4 spare sensors.

Also, the aftermarket sensors are easier to replace because they slide in from the outside. They do look slightly different than stock, outer edge is on outside of rubber strip, but still quite OK.

I converted my car a year ago when a sensor failed, no problems so far.

Thanks for tips. I'm, not sure that I can be bothered to be honest, but that seems like a good idea.

Some of the kits still work even if one sensor packs up, but I've yet to see a fleabay kit give the same problems as the OEM ones.